'Transformers: Crisis' Recap:
Following the powerful events of the last storyarc; Gigatron emerged triumphant over the deceased Optimus and the defeated Autobots; while the weak Rookie form of MetalSamamon (Monkemon) watched with contempt and regret. All the troops congregated around Gigatron; and several things were revealed; including the 'death' of MetalSamamon, the rebirth of Galvatron and subsequent loss of Gigatron into nothing more than a helpless spark. And after a brief argument between Galvatron and Megatron; Megatron learned that he's nothing more than a fake. But that whole time; someone else had been watching the events unfold, and confronted Monkemon and Dozenkillezia just as they thought they had made a clean demise for MetalSamamon...
'Transformers: Crisis' Chapter 15, "Let the Crisis begin! Part 2":
(Author's notes on bottom)
"Shade huh? Not much of a name..." I commented sarcastically. "It's better than MetalSamamon...what kind of name is that? It sounds more like a line of designer sinks or something..." she laughed and Dozenkillezia quickly turned around to see if anyone was staring at us.
"Please keep your voice down; I don't want anyone to find out you he is." she told Shade. Shade looked at her dumbfoundly, "Isn't that what I said?" "Quite the funny bot aren't you?" I asked her, raising an eyebrow in question. "Some people don't understand my humor; hell no one completely understands me, not even my friend Stormcloud..." "STORMCLOUD!" I yell, and quickly cover my mouth as I notice just how loud I yelled. We look around quickly to see that rest were still talking amongst themselves. "That was too close!" I commented as I wiped my forehead, "But we must not stay here. We must discuss this somewhere more...private." "Agreed." Shade commented and pointed towards a far away part of the battlefield. "I think we'll be safe over there." I peered out at where she was pointing, and smiled, "Yeah, that should do." I commented, and Dozenkillezia set me down. "Dozenkillezia...Terrorize! Unicorn Mode!" she yelled as she transformed and picked me up by the back of my neck with her teeth. "Now I know what a cat cub feels like..." I muttered in pain as she galloped after Shade who had already transformed into a jet and was heading towards the area.
"Don't you wait for anyone?" I asked Shade when we made our way to the spot. Dozenkillezia set me down, and I turned around to face her, "Don't do that again! That hurt...a lot!" She looked at me with a silly horse grin, and laughed, "Sorry." She transformed into robot mode and glanced over at Shade who was already transformed and standing upon the body of Tow-line. "I must say; you certainly did a good job on these bots..." Shade began, picking up Tow-Line's detached head and tossing lightly into the air. I watched her as she caught it and tossed it and caught it again, and I walked on all fours up to her feet, "Yeah, at least you know who was really responsible for the destruction of the Autobots; not that no good piece of monkey shit (no pun intended) Galvatron! He has those dumbasses believing that this was all his victory!" Shade placed a finger upon her chin and smiled, "Sounds like someone's a little upset..." "Ya damn right I'm upset! There aren't words in the English language that can describe what I'm going to do to Galvatron when I warp-armor Digivolve again! Oh, he's not going even know what hit him should he even survive!" I screamed as I clenched my fists together and suddenly grabbed my stomach, "Damn I'm hungry...you wouldn't happen to have any food on you?" I asked Shade. She looked at me in surprise for a moment, and then laughed, "What? Do I look like a supermarket? Sure, I maybe beautiful like a human, and talk like a human, but I'm not human. I don't need food to survive..." She paused for a moment, "Why?" "Uh..." I began, "...well, Digimon eat food to survive. They use it to keep up their energy so they don't dedigivolve or die...and I really need to build up my energy." I laughed a little and gave her a wide innocent grin. "Hold on a second King Kong...if you think I'm going to get you some food; you've got another thing coming!" She pointed her finger at me and sneered at me, some loose wires blowing in front of her face like hair. "I never said that!" I retorted, backing away in fear.
"Please don't harm him!" Dozenkillezia shouted as she stepped im-between Shade and me. "Why do you protect him so? Sure he's weak and can't fight, but still..." Shade questioned her. "Because I love him!" Dozenkillezia proclaimed, and Shade was taken back by this. She stood there for a moment in shock; but then finally spoke; although rather quickly and quietly, "Damn!" "What was that?" Dozenkillezia asked her; and I laughed to myself a little. "Nothing...never mind." Shade uneasily looked around and gave a weak smile, "I bet you want to know about Stormcloud don't you?"
"Nice..." I commented as I hopped onto her shin and climbed up her body and onto her shoulder. Dozenkillezia gave me a dirty look, but smiled when she seen Shade staring at her. "...You are a clever one Shade," I began, "So, what do you know about Stormcloud?" "Where should I begin?" She asked rhetorically and shrugged her shoulders, nearly throwing me off. "For starters, he's a seeker jet just like I am. We're not apart of Starscream's idiot parade; but we are seekers like he is. Anyway, we were on Destron minding our own business when we receive a transmission from Starscream himself." Her expression became surprised, "Starscream never hails anyone; even his underlings Thundercracker and Skywarp." She smiled a little. "Well, Stormcloud and I listened to what he said, and he said that a new leader had taken over the Decepticons and Predacons. He said his name was MetalSamamon." She lightly patted me on the head, and I smiled. I glanced over at Dozenkillezia, and it was painfully easy to see that she was furious both with me and Shade. I giggled a little as Shade continued, "Then Starscream told us that they had gone to Cybertron, and annihilated the Autobots there and destroyed nearly every single Cybertronian! I was shocked to say the least...but I knew that I had to meet this guy; I mean no one just takes command of a band of Transformers and decimates a whole planet!" Shade winked at me and I sat upon her shoulder. "So, Stormcloud and I decided that we needed to get to Cybertron, and quick! Luckily for us, Starscream also mentioned that he was taking his lieutenants and his drone army of seekers to Cybertron to serve as the reinforcements called in by Gigatron and Megatron..." Shade gave us a sly grin, "...so Stormcloud and I decided to play a little trick on them. We painted our bodies to match the color of the drone seekers, and snuck into formation with the drones as they were boarding the ship!"
"Very interesting..." I commented and flicked the wires hanging in front of her face. "Hey, quit playing with my hair!" she commanded, but with a sense of lightness. I laughed and sat back on her shoulder, "Sorry; that's my monkey urges taking over...heh." I looked at Dozenkillezia as she crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the ground impatiently; and I gulped. "Uh, as you were saying Shade..." "Yeah, so we snuck aboard Starscream's ship. Of course that moron couldn't pilot his way of a soup can, and got lost. It took him nearly 3 weeks to figure out how to get back on course to Cybertron..." Shade explained. "Figures!" Dozenkillezia and I looked at each other as we both said the same exact thing. Shade grimaced, and continued, "Anyway, when he did finally manage to find his way back; he got a transmission from Gigatron; or should I say Galvatron..." She pondered to herself for a moment, but then continued, "And he asked Starscream where in the hell he was. Starscream told him that they ran into Autobots on the way there; and got delayed. Galvatron bought it since he himself admitted that some of the Cybertronians escaped; and told Starscream to come to Earth instead. When Starscream asked why; he told Starscream that MetalSamamon and the Destrongers were handing the Autobots their asses on a silver platter!" I looked over at her in question, "He said that?" "O.K. so those weren't his exact words, but I'm telling a story here. Would it sound good if I didn't use elaborate words and make it exciting?" We all turn and look at an imaginary being, and then turn back to each other.
"So, we continued on our way to Earth, but then something hit the ship...something I can't describe." She looked at us in wonder, "It was like a beam of light; but the energy from it reeked with the stench of evil...I could feel hatred and evil build inside me; it was like it came from the original sin!" Shade proclaimed and randomly winked. I looked at her, "Well, that beam of light came from Cybertron, so I can see what you mean by original; but evil...that doesn't make sense...how can an energy beam be evil?" I asked her. She looked at me in confusion. "Like I said, I can't explain it. Maybe it was just me; I don't know..." She stopped for a moment. "What is it?" Dozenkillezia asked her with a devious grin. "You're really enjoying this aren't you?" I asked her, and she nodded her head slowly at me. I sighed, and looked back at Shade, "Well?" "That light beam did something to Stormcloud; but I don't know what. He wasn't like that before; he was kind, gentle, innocent; but after that beam hit our ship, he changed...he became devious and scheming; he acted like he didn't even know me anymore." "Really..." I commented, "...I noticed that he seemed more powerful than the rest of the seekers." "Yeah; I have no clue what happened to him; but I don't like it!" Shade announced. "I'm sorry to hear that; I bet you two were really close…" I commented and hugged Shade's neck due to my size. She smiled at me, and I felt the happiness from her radiant out and suddenly she smiled deviously. She walked up to Dozenkillezia and whispered in Dozenkillezia's ear. "You know; you're a lucky girl...keep good care of him." I smiled, but didn't move in case Shade had forgotten that I was sitting right on her shoulder. She lightly kissed Dozenkillezia on the cheek; and stood back up. I looked at Shade in extreme confusion. I wasn't the only one; Dozenkillezia stood there baffled like me. "What? Don't you guys have any social customs?" Shade commented, and winked as she laughed lightly. To me this meant that she was lying; but I didn't question it since Dozenkillezia bought it and said, "Not like that..."
I looked at my grumbling belly and winced in pain. "Man I need to eat something now! I'm starving!" I yelled. They looked at me and Shade was the first to speak, "So? Get yourself some food then!" "I can't! Do you know what someone would do if they seen a talking monkey go into a burger joint and ask for a cheeseburger?" I asked sarcastically. "Probably the same thing as if they seen as transforming robot do the same." Shade countered; and I sighed. I climbed down her side to the ground, and ran over to Dozenkillezia's side. "Isn't there something you can do?" Dozenkillezia asked her; and Shade looked down at me. I winked at her, and she let out a long sigh. "I guess. Is there anything in particular you want, or just any old cheeseburger?" Shade asked me. I closed my eyes and starting speaking with one finger raised in the air. "I'd like a cheeseburger with a big, juicy beef patty that's charred yet juicy with ketchup, mustard, bacon; also charred; cheddar cheese, and pepper; and lots of it! Maybe an additional patty too. No bun however; unless they char the bread; I like almost all my food burnt…" I opened my eyes and saw Shade staring at me with that look of disapproval that girls somehow manage to do so perfectly. "Uh, just normal will do." I smiled and laughed nervously. "The things I do for power..." Shade muttered to herself as she transformed into her jet mode and took off.
"O.K., so where were we?" I asked Dozenkillezia. She looked down at me with that same look that Shade just had; and I grinned up at her, "You're jealous aren't you?" Her expression suddenly changed to shock and then blank. "No no...I'm not jealous..." she stated as I laughed at her. "Sure..." I stated as I crawled up her legs and into her arms. "I'm really exhausted; all this moving around is draining my energy...let's go join the others until Shade comes back." I said, and she walked back towards the others.
"THERE YOU ARE!" Galvatron's voice boomed as we made our way over to where the others were; but only Galvatron and Megatron were left. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" "Sorry Galvatron; I had to go for a minute..." Dozenkillezia explained innocently. Galvatron looked at her suspiciously. "And where did you get that infernal beast?" He asked, pointing to me. "Uh, I found him on the battlefield. Poor little guy is hurt; so I wanted to fix him up and then release back in to the wilderness." She explained with a grin, and I played along. Galvatron eyed her for a moment; and then spoke, "How does a monkey get on the battlefield anyway?" "I don't know..." Dozenkillezia quickly replied and shrugged her shoulders. Galvatron stood there silent a long moment and sighed. "Females!" He turned and started to walk away towards Megatron.
"So, where'd everyone go?" Dozenkillezia asked Galvatron; and merely sneered at her. "Well, if you had been here instead of engaging in monkey business..." he began and I made a face at him behind his back. He turned around to speak to Dozenkillezia directly, "...then you'd know that everyone went back to the base...everyone except Megatron and me." He gestured towards Megatron, and Megatron nodded. "So...what's the plan?" Dozenkillezia asked. Galvatron shook his head slightly in disbelief; "Dozenkillezia my dear; you're an outstanding fighter, a compassionate warrior, and a great leader; don't make me regret my decision." "What decision?" Dozenkillezia asked. I knew that she wasn't trying to sound stupid; but it wasn't coming across that way. Galvatron looked up and sighed, "I've decided that the Destron Alliance needs to be split."
I nearly screamed "WHAT!" but quickly covered my mouth before the words came out. Man, it's hard to keep your mouth shut when you're used to talking all the time, I thought to myself. "How so Galvatron?" Dozenkillezia asked him as he and Megatron began to walk around the battlefield. "Patience my dear...I will explain it to you shortly." Galvatron stated as he walked up to something sticking out of the ground. "Do you see this sword?" He asked Dozenkillezia. She and I looked at it, and I recognized it as the sword of Fortress Maximus, the one Omega Prime was using. "Yes..." Dozenkillezia's voice trailed off. Galvatron walked up to the sword and lightly rubbed his fingers down the length of the blade as it stuck out of the ground. "You see, at one time this sword was powerful. It was the embodiment of what Omega Prime stood for; valor, strength, power; it was him essentially." He reached down and grabbed the handle, yanking it out of the ground, "But now it serves as nothing more than a mere reminder of what the Autobot cause was; and why we Destrongers and the Autobots never could come to peace." He explained as he held the sword in his hands as if it were the key to power itself. We all stared in awe at Galvatron, even Megatron. "You see, the Autobots stand for peace and equality; but so do the Destrongers. Where we can't agree upon is how to reach that level of peace and equality. Autobots believe that it just happens, and that everyone is made to be at peace. However, we Destrongers believe that peace has to be earned; and that only when everyone is made equal through either total obedience or their destruction will there be peace." He smiles as he holds the blade in front of his face; splitting his view in half. "True peace comes from none; that is the Destron motto."
He placed the sword back down upon the ground with great care, and turned to face Dozenkillezia. "What I'm getting at is that I learned a long time ago that the Destrongers and the Autobots will never be able to see eye to eye; so I dedicated my life to making sure that every Autobot learned the difference; even if it meant their destruction." He blinked slowly and took a few steps away from us and turned to face us. "Back before the end of the Robots in Disguise battles as I like to call them, I learned about other Autobots on Earth. They were also hidden from the general human public, but these were in the United States. They waged a secret battle with their Decepticons, and another faction was thrown into the mix; a forgotten faction called Mini-cons from ancient Cybertronian times. But I never got the chance to 'make peace' with those Autobots; Optimus Prime defeated me and imprisoned me, but now that I'm back..." He made an offering gesture with his hands towards Megatron and Dozenkillezia; "...that's where you two come in." He walked over towards us and placed his hands upon their shoulders. "I need to 'make peace' throughout the universe; but I can't do it alone. So, I'm having you Megatron take the Decepticons and go to America and contact our Decepticon allies; I will join you sometime after you've made contact and assist you as we help our Destron brethren..." he glances over at Dozenkillezia, "...and you shall take the Predacons and Vehicons and go into space; and conquer other worlds; spreading the Destron influence along the way."
"I understand..." Dozenkillezia commented as she nodded. I shook my head a little in agreement as well. Galvatron stepped back and placed his hands upon his hips. "Well then..." he smiled and looked at us, "Let the Crisis begin!"
Author's Notes!
What the affects of splitting the Destron alliance be? And who are these Transformers in America? And what of the mysterious faction the Mini-Cons? What are Shade's real intentions? And what dark secret is Stormcloud hiding from everyone, even his friend?
Be ready for the final installment of the opening chapters of the second storyarc of Transformers: Crisis!